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The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey
Dr. James M. Dorsey is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, co-director of the University of Würzburg’s Institute for Fan Culture, and co-host of the New Books in Middle Eastern Studies podcast. James is the author of The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer blog, a...
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Ceasefire approved but is peace in sight_CNA 11102025
Israel has approved a ceasefire deal with Hamas. But with one explosion reported in Gaza hours after the deal was passed, can we still expect peace as...
Can the Gaza ceasefire agreement hold TRT09102025
James M. Dorsey from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies weighs in on the Israel-Hamas Gaza ceasefire deal and discusses whether Israel...
A look at key events of the Israel-Hamas war in the past year_CNA 07102025
Staring at minute 04:18, James discusses the Gaza ceasefire talks on CNA
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James M. Dorsey discusses on TRT World what happens next as Hamas and Israel negotiate the implementation of US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan...
U.S.-Israel Peace Plan, UEFA Suspension Threats, and Iran’s Nuclear Strategy_RadIslam 03102025
During this week’s Middle East Report, analyst James M. Dorsey provided insights into the evolving geopolitical landscape of the region.
Trump’s Gaza plan is a game of bluff poker
US President Donald Trump may envision himself as a Middle Eastern puppet master only to find out that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and A...
Trump and Netanyahu draw battlelines
US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria Tom Barrack appeared to frame the administration’s thinking in a freewheeling interview on the eve...
Parallax Views James Dorsey 9-24-25
On this edition of Parallax Views, Israel continues bombing Gaza, Houthis launch a drone strike on the Israeli city of Eilat, Israel conducts airstrik...
Israel cuts off its nose to spite its face
Even by its own standards. Israel is cutting off its nose to spite its face.
On Sunday, Israel scored an own goal when it targeted the compound...
Palestinian Statehood In More Than Name_bfm 89.9 Sep 24 2025
Recognition of a Palestinian state at the UN is gaining momentum, with Australia, the UK and France joining over 145 countries in support. Yet, major...
Are sports associations next to boycott Israel
International sports boycotts of Israel are a question of if rather than when, with mounting pressure and ever more targeted boycotts and sanctions ag...
Reports of mental health struggles among Israeli soldiers_TRT 18092025
James M. Dorsey discusses on TRT World the impact of the Gaza war on Israeli soldiers, with hundreds reportedly taken their own and many more sufferin...
What steps will the Doha emergency summit take following Israel’s attack_TRT 16092025
What steps will the Doha emergency summit take following Israel’s attack_TRT 16092025 by James M. Dorsey
Rubio and Netanyahu frame discussions with religious and civilisational symbolism
US Secretary Marco Rubio’s first engagement after arriving in Israel this weekend to discuss the Gaza war and the fallout of Israel’s strike in Qatar...
Is Qatar the straw that breaks the camel’s back
Is Qatar the straw that breaks the camel’s back by James M. Dorsey
Netanyahu puts Trump in a bind
Israel is playing a high-stakes game of bluff poker.
The problem is that the stakes are high not only for Israel but also for its foremost suppo...
Israel’s attack on Qatar could be a watershed
Israel’s risky strike against Qatar was neither an unmitigated success in Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s terms nor a complete failure, ev...
US and Israel discuss restructuring their military relationship
With the United States and Israel discussing a follow-up to a US$38 billion ten-year Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries, which is s...
The Middle East Report With James Dorsey 05092025
Nearly two years into Israel’s devastating war in Gaza, ceasefire negotiations remain stalled, the humanitarian toll continues to mount, and internati...
Israel ignores gathering storm winds at its peril
Israelis are enjoying their mangoes this summer at sharply reduced prices at the expense of food-deprived Gazan Palestinians.
The sharp drop in...
UAE’s campaign against Islamists fuels moves to ban the Muslim Brotherhood and anti-Muslim sentiment
The UAE’s long-standing no holds barred campaign to persuade Western and other nations to proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood as the source of all Islami...
Radio Islam 29 Aug 2025
James discusses on Radio Islam the dim prospects for ending the Gaza war and resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Gaza mediators work at cross purposes
Pursuing diametrically opposed objectives, Gaza's ceasefire mediators are working at cross purposes.
The divide among the mediators, the United...
Bleak Outlook for Palestinian Statehood
The prospects for a Palestinian two-state solution appear increasingly bleak as Israel presses ahead with its military campaign to seize control of Ga...
Netanyahu’s far right instincts and political interests converge in Gaza
Netanyahu has long used ultranationalist threats to collapse his government as a justification for his refusal to end the Gaza war, while, in fact, th...
Palestinians are pawns in shaping Gaza’s future
A Palestinian businessman is lobbying to become the post-war governor of Gaza amid a reported shifting of gears in the Trump administration’s strategy...
Trump Goes After Wall Street Journal in Major Test of Press Freedom
Dow Jones has a stellar record of standing by its reporting. As a former Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent, I know that firsthand.
Indonesia’s writing on the wall-Gaza drives hardening Muslim public opinion
A recent opinion poll in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority state and democracy, throws a damper on Israeli and US hopes that Middle Easte...
Pushing Saudi Arabia to be an Israeli copycat
With Saudi recognition of Israel off the table, pro-Israeli and Israeli pundits and far-right and conservative pro-Israel groups in the United States...
Re-occupying Gaza-From the fire into the frying pan
In a reversal of repeatedly stated policy that Israel would not re-occupy Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is signalling that he is mul...
Trump’s focus on food for Gaza promises to be problematic
US President Donald J. Trump's acknowledgement of Israel's throttling of humanitarian aid reaching Gaza is more than a rebuke of Israeli Prime Ministe...
Breaking up Syria
A far-right pro-Israel think tank has put flesh on suspicions that Israel is seeking to weaken the government of President Ahmed al-Sharaa, if not bre...
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James discusses on aNews mounting pressure on Israel to allow unfettered humanitarian aid into Gaza and to end the devastating war.
Testing Israel’s Limits
US-mediated talks between Israel and Syria serve as a bellwether for the extent to which Israel can reshape the Middle East and impose its will on the...
Instability Spreads As Israels Military Campaigns Escalate_BFM 23072025
Instability Spreads As Israels Military Campaigns Escalate_BFM 23072025 by James M. Dorsey
Israel-Iran war highlights Israeli dependency on US and potential US leverage
A just-published report on Israel and the United States’ interception of Iranian missiles during the 12-day Israel-Iran war highlighted the Jewish sta...
Will he, or won’t he-That is the question as US frustration with Netanyahu mounts
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu appears determined to depopulate Gaza by hook or by crook, even if he has bowed to US pressure by agreeing t...
Saudi Crown Prince places a calculated bet on foreign soccer club ownership
Soccer has long been a tightly controlled double-edged sword for Middle Eastern autocrats.
On the one hand, autocrats sought to harness the spor...
Europe’s opportunity to break the Middle East’s cycle of violence
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar celebrated this week a “diplomatic victory” by delaying European sanctions against the Jewish state. It’s a vict...
The writing is on the wall as support for Israel shrinks
The writing is on the wall.
As Gaza ceasefire talks flail, if not fail for the umpteenth time, a series of vignettes tell the story of Israel’s...